Why Do I Feel So Worried?: A Kid's Guide to Coping with Big Emotions-Follow the Arrows from Anxiety to Calm

by Tammi Kirkness

Overview

These simple calming activities in illustrated flowchart form help kids cope with and overcome anxiety in a stressful world

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781615198740
Publisher:	The Experiment
Publication date:	03/22/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	19 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	7 - 12 Years

About the Author

Tammi Kirkness is a life coach, corporate wellness speaker, and former clinician at a center for kids with learning difficulties. She is also the author of The Panic Button Book (for adults), which has been published in more than eight countries since its release in October 2020. She lives in Sydney, Australia.

Table of Contents

Tammi's story 4

For parents & caregivers 6

Using this book with your kid 7

Part 1 How Do I Feel? 9

Part 2 Feeling My Feelings 15

Part 3 Figuring Out Where the Worry Started 41

School 44

People 64

Home 92

Something else 104

Part 4 Checking in Again 127

For Parents & Caregivers 134

Helpful tips 134

Calming rituals for your child 136

Affirmations 138

The Anytime Meditation Script 140

Acknowledgments 142

Resources 143

Editorial Reviews

This is such a great book. If you have a child who is going through [anxiety] and loves using workbooks of any kind, this is amazing. . . . It’s like a fun quiz you would find in a magazine, and yet it really helps to counteract the stress and regular worries that so many kids have.”—Zibby Owens, host of the Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books podcast
 
“What I love about [Why Do I Feel So Worried] is the message that you may not even find out what you’re worried about, but you do have the power to make yourself feel better—which could be a lesson for all of us.”—Holly Morris, cohost of FOX 5’s Good Day DC

“A wonderful way to teach kids about anxiety and how to manage it.”—Jo Lamble, clinical psychologist

“A thoughtful and thoroughly useful guide for parents and carers to use with kids who experience anxiety, to help them process and master their fears and emotions.”—Dr. Tatiana Menick, psychiatrist, Center for Discovery, Residential Treatment Center for Children and Adolescents
 
“A book that’s compassionate, gentle, and reassuring, pointing the way forward through the very real fears and uncertainties children face.”—Maggie Hamilton, author of What’s Happening to Our Girls? and What’s Happening to Our Boys?
 
“This book is so good for anxious kids! My nine-year-old uses it all the time.”—Melissa Wilson, editor at kidspot.com.au
 

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